In Flower This Week

A weekly news sheet prepared by a Gardens' volunteer.Numbers before each plant refer to temporary IFTW labels in the gardens.
Numbers in square brackets [ ] refer to garden bed Sections. Plants in flower are in bold type.

Continue along the Main Path with numerous flowers to admire before viewing the Cootamundra Wattle, Acacia baileyana [Section 30]. This is a prostrate form clad with a profusion of gold fluffy flower balls.

Beside it is the Heath-leaved Banksia, Banksia ericifolia [Section 30], a grand ageing shrub with long lateral branches, all with many golden upright cylindrical flower spikes.

In a pot nearby, Grevillea saccata [Section 30] is a low shrub with its lateral branches edged with small leaves and its terminal yellow-tipped dusky red flowers extending over the edge of the pot.

Almost opposite, Banksia heliantha [Section 30] is a low sprawling plant with serrated leaves and terminal yellow flower heads and buds set in dark bracts.